diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 5b74ff827493..48187598cdd0 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -921,8 +921,7 @@ static int translate_table(struct net *net, const char *name,
 		 * if an error occurs
 		 */
 		newinfo->chainstack =
-			vmalloc_array(nr_cpu_ids,
-				      sizeof(*(newinfo->chainstack)));
+			vcalloc(nr_cpu_ids, sizeof(*(newinfo->chainstack)));
 		if (!newinfo->chainstack)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {